Abstracts tagged "Diagnostic imaging"

Abstract Number: 1182 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Fluorescence Optical Imaging in the Diagnosis of Individuals Suspected of Arthritis Development – a Probabilistic Approach
Yogan Kisten¹, Adrian Levitsky ¹, Hamed Rezaei ¹, Aase Hensvold ², Per Larsson ³, Erik af Klint ¹, Ronald van Vollenhoven ⁴ and Anca Catrina ⁵, ¹Rheumatology unit Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden, ²Rheumatology unit Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, ³Center for Rheumatology, Academic Specialist Center, Stockholm Health Services, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden, ⁴Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Netherlands., Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology unit Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Among the arsenal of available techniques for arthritis prediction and diagnosis, fluorescence optical imaging (FOI) has shown to be useful in detecting clinically manifest…
Abstract Number: 2658 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Giant Cell Arteritis Diagnostic Workup Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Alicia Rodriguez-Pla¹, Lili Zhou ², Erin Ashbeck ³ and C. Kent Kwoh ⁴, ¹University of Arizona/Banner Health Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, ²The University of Arizona Arthritis Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Tucson, AZ, ³The University of Arizona Arthritis Center, University of Arizona, Tuccson, AZ, Tucson, AL, ⁴University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) has traditionally been diagnosed by a combination of symptoms, clinical findings, laboratory results, and temporal artery biopsy. More recently, imaging…
Abstract Number: L15 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Diagnostic Accuracy of PET/CT Scan of the Head, Neck and Thorax Compared with Temporal Artery Biopsy in Patients Newly Suspected of Having GCA
Anthony Sammel¹, Edward Hsiao², Geoffrey Schembri³, Katherine Nguyen⁴, Janice Brewer⁴, Leslie Schrieber⁵, Beatrice Janssen⁴, Peter Youssef⁶, Clare Fraser⁷, Elizabeth Bailey⁸, Dale Bailey⁸, Paul Roach⁸ and Rodger Laurent⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Sydney, Australia, ²Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia, ³Nuclear Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia, ⁴Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Sydney, Australia, ⁵Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ⁶Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia, ⁷Save Sight Institute, Sydney, Australia, ⁸Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Background/Purpose: The diagnostic accuracy of PET/CT against temporal artery biopsy (TAB) in patients suspected of having GCA has not been well studied. PET/CT has traditionally…
Abstract Number: 1202 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tenosynovial Aspiration By Ultrasound Guidance: Even Small Volumes Can Have a Big Impact
Fawad Aslam¹, Amy C. Cannella², Veronika Sharp³, Lily Kao⁴, Jon Arnason⁵, Jemima Albayda⁶, Catherine Bakewell⁷, Shruti B Sanghvi⁸, Robert Fairchild⁹, Karina Torralba¹⁰, Amy M. Evangelisto¹¹, Paul DeMarco¹² and Eugene Y. Kissin¹³, ¹Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ²Section of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Rheumatology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA, ⁴Evergreen Medical Group, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA, ⁵University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, ⁶Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Rheumatology, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ¹¹Arthritis, Rheumatic and Back Disease Associates, Moorestown, NJ, ¹²Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates PC, Wheaton, MD, ¹³Rheumatology, Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatologists commonly use synovial fluid analysis to help establish a diagnosis in patients with joint effusions. Although tenosynovial (TS) effusions are common in rheumatic…
Abstract Number: 1448 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Impact of Articular Ultrasound in Diagnosis and Follow-up of Patients with Polyarthritis
Justine Lafleur-Careau¹, François Taschereau¹, Artur J de Brum-Fernandes², Alessandra Bruns³, Gilles Boire⁴ and Ariel Masetto⁵, ¹Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS), Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ²Rheumatology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS), Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ³Rhumatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS), Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke and Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁵Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS), Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: It is well established in the literature that musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) is more sensitive than clinical examination in the detection of synovitis. MSUS can…
Abstract Number: 1913 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Management of Ventricular Tachycardia and Cardiomyopathy in the Rheumatologist World: A Retrospective Review of Diagnostic Tools and Treatment Decisions for Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Saba Ziaee¹, Siri Kunchakarra², Cara Joyce³, Mark Rabbat⁴ and Rochella A. Ostrowski⁵, ¹Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ²Cardiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ³Clinical Research Office, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ⁴Division of Cardiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
Background/Purpose: Cardiac sarcoidosis has been noted in 2-7% of patients with sarcoidosis. However, the incidence is >20% based on necropsy data. Given the poor yield…
Abstract Number: 2211 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Technetium Tc 99m Tilmanocept: A Targeted Immunodiagnostic Radiopharmaceutical for the Assessment of Synovial Macrophage Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arash Kardan¹, Allison Kissling², Bonnie Abbruzzese², Ahmad Ismail², Rachael Hershey², Carley Hartings², David Ralph², Izabela Gierach², Michael Blue², Hannah Bailey², Christopher Gablemann², Katherine Repp² and Frederick Cope², ¹Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital and Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, ²Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., Dublin, OH
Background/Purpose: Activated macrophages are a critical component of the inflammatory etiology of RA. It is well established that these macrophages perpetuate joint inflammation and destruction…
Abstract Number: 2905 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Diagnosis of Large Vessel Inflammation in New-Onset Treatment-Naïve GCA Patients Using Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT As the Reference Standard – a Prospective Study of 86 Patients Suspected of GCA
Berit Dalsgaard Nielsen¹, Ib Tønder Hansen², Kresten Krarup Keller³, Philip Therkildsen⁴, Lars Christian Gormsen⁵ and Ellen-Margrethe Hauge⁶, ¹Clnical Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Århus N, Denmark, ²Clinical Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Århus N, Denmark, ³Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus C, Denmark, ⁵Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Århus C, Denmark, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus, Denmark
Background/Purpose: EULAR recommendations suggest diagnostic imaging in all GCA suspects. Vascular ultrasound (US) is cheap, readily available and the recommended first line examination in cranial…
Abstract Number: 438 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What Characterizes Osteoarthritis: Ultrasound-Detected Inflammation but Not Osteophytes Is More Common in Hand Osteoarthritis Than in Painless Bony Enlargements
Nina Gasperi¹, Antonella Adinolfi², Arnd Kleyer³, Melanie Hagen³, Christiane Gasperi⁴, Martin Weger⁵, Stefan Kiechl⁶, Johann Willeit⁶, Georg Schett³, Annamaria Iagnocco⁷, Arno Gasperi⁸, Agnes Mayr⁹ and Christian Dejaco^10,11, ¹Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Graz, Austria, ²Department of Medicine, surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, Siena, Italy, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3—Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU), Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Neurology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, Munich, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Bruneck Hospital, Bruneck, Italy, Bruneck, Italy, ⁶Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria, Innsbruck, Austria, ⁷Academic Rhematology Center, University of Torino, Turin, Italy, Turin, Italy, ⁸Department of Neurology, Bruneck Hospital, Bruneck, Italy, Bruneck, Italy, ⁹Department of Laboratory Medicine, Bruneck Hospital, Italy, Bruneck, Italy, ¹⁰Rheumatology Service, South tyrolean Health trust, Hospital of Bruneck, Bruneck, Italy, Bruneck, Italy, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, Graz, Austria
Background/Purpose: To study structural and inflammatory ultrasound lesions in elderly subjects with hand osteoarthritis (HOA) as well as in pain-free subjects with bony enlargements of…
Abstract Number: 792 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Esophageal Dysmotility in Systemic Sclerosis: Clinical VALUE of Computed Tomography
Cristina Sobrino¹, Cristina Pijoan-Moratalla¹, Nicolás Almeida-Arostegui², Luis Gorospe-Sarasúa² and Carlos de la Puente-Bujidos¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit. Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ²Radiology Unit. Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Esophageal dysmotility is common in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), affecting 50-80% of patients, usually associated with poor prognosis. SSc leads to atrophy and fibrosis of…
Abstract Number: 12L • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Intravenous Injection of Tc 99m Tilmanocept in Static Planar Gamma Emission Imaging and Fused SPECT/CT Imaging for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arash Kardan¹, Bonnie Abbruzzese², James Sanders², Allison Kissling², David Ralph², Joanna Shuping², Michael Blue², Carley Hartings², Rachael Hershey², Ahmad Ismail², Izabela Gierach², Hannah Bailey², Amelia Spaulding², Matthew Haynam², George Zubal³ and Frederick Cope², ¹Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital and Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, ND, ²Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., Dublin, OH, ³Z-Concepts, LLC, East Haven, CT

Background/Purpose: Activated macrophages play a critical role in RA by perpetuating inflammation via TNFα release and participating in the destruction of bone and cartilage. Notably,…
Abstract Number: 244 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Arthritis Imaging on PET-CT Using a Novel Folate Receptor Ligand for Macrophage Targeting
Nicki Verweij¹, Stefan Bruijnen¹, Yoony Gent², Marc Huisman³, Gerrit Jansen², Carla Molthoff⁴, Qingshou Chen⁵, Philip Low⁵, Albert Windhorst³, Adriaan Lammertsma³, Otto Hoekstra³, Alexandre Voskuyl² and Conny van der Laken², ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center - location VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center - location VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center - location VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, West Lafayette, IN
Background/Purpose: PET imaging with macrophage tracers has been shown promising for detection of (sub)clinical synovitis, making it useful for both early diagnostics and therapy monitoring…
Abstract Number: 258 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Echocardiographic Findings in Connective Tissue Diseases – a Retrospective Cohort Study
Valentin S. Schäfer¹, Katharina Weiss², Andreas Krause² and Wolfgang A. Schmidt³, ¹Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ²Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Medical Center for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Echocardiography is frequently performed in patients with connective tissue diseases (CTD), mostly to evaluate cardiac involvement or development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (paH). Despite…
Abstract Number: 261 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound CUT-Off in GIANT CELL Arteritis a Solution to Arteriosclerosis Pitfall in the Halo Sign
Eugenio De Miguel¹, Luis M Beltran², Irene Monjo², Francesco Deodati², Wolfgang A. Schmidt³ and Juan García-Puig², ¹Rheumatology, University Hospital La Paz, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ²Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario La Paz, MADRID, Spain, ³Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Med Ctr for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: At the age of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) atherosclerosis is common. The ultrasonographic (US) appearance of athermanous plaque is usually easily differentiated from the…
Abstract Number: 262 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
FDG PET/CT Visualization of Inflammation in Temporal and Maxillary Arteries in Treatment-Naive GCA Patients
Berit Dalsgaard Nielsen^1,2, Ib Tønder Hansen^3,4, Kresten Krarup Keller⁵, Philip Therkildsen^6,7, Ellen-Margrete Hauge^6,8 and Lars Christian Gormsen⁹, ¹Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Århus C, Denmark, ²Clnical Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Århus N, Denmark, ³Clinical Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Århus N, Denmark, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁵Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁶Clinical medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Århus N, Denmark, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus C, Denmark, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁹Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Århus C, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT is increasingly used to diagnose large vessel GCA (LV-GCA), but has previously been considered unable to reveal inflammation in temporal arteries…

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